22 h. ago 'I slept in comfy granny pants but ended up in hospital with agonising injury'

Kaela Tucker went to bed one night wearing a pair of 'granny pants' she'd worn '100 times before' - but within days she was in hospital experiencing 'excruciating pain'

Events

51 h. ago ‘You’re the only port of call for 400 hospital patients, which is absurd’: Matthew Hutchinson on the perils of life as an NHS doctor

He’s a rheumatologist, a standup comedian – and now the author of a memoir. He talks about racism in healthcare, why Covid was the only time urgent care was properly staffed – and his beef with cardiologistsAre You Really the Doctor?, Matthew Hutchinson’s memoir of being a black doctor in the NHS, opens in A&E with a patient suffering from a thunderclap headache and taking time out from his excruciating pain to complain that Hutchinson is “very scruffy”. “I’m wearing scrubs, the pyjama-like, hospital-issue uniform – something pretty difficult to put your own personal flair on,” Hutchinson writes, concluding wearily that the guy must have been reacting to something else: “Skin, hair, or general vibe.” You couldn’t call it a microaggression, the patient’s assumption that, being black, Hutchinson was unlikely to be an expert. But this anecdote barely registers on the Geiger counter of bigotry in healthcare that Hutchinson writes about trenchantly and acerbically, from the prejudice...

Science

1 week ago Student left in 'excruciating pain' after attack by scorpion in Zara changing room

A university student was rushed to hospital after she was stung by a scorpion in a Zara changing room, becoming unwell and needing hours of treatment - she still says she's in pain

Events

1 week ago Woman, 20, rushed to hospital after getting stung by scorpion in Zara changing room

Alice Spies, 20, was trying on clothes at a Zara when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her leg and became dizzy.

Politics

1 week ago Woman stops wearing underwear after knickers mistake left her in hospital

Kaela Tucker, 26, from the US, was left in excruciating pain after a cut inside her vagina became infected and formed a 'bubble' cyst - and now she's too scared to wear underwear

Politics

1 week ago Student attacks teacher in horror caught on camera as she's left with broken ribs

The 17-year-old male student punched and kicked his teacher 17 times in a savage attack after she refused to change his grade from 18 out of 20 to a perfect score

Events

2 w. ago Woman, 32, rushed to hospital after popping pimple on her 'triangle of death'

Alisha Monaco, 32, was left in "excruciating" pain after popping a pimple in the 'triangle of death' on her face, which left her with one of 'the worst' pimples she'd ever had

Events

3 w. ago Inside HUGE new Zara at the Trafford Centre which includes big change for shoppers

There's a big change for shoppers heading to the huge new Zara concept store - and it may mean no more queuing at the tills...

Politics

3 w. ago Brits left gobsmacked by lavish student accommodation that comes with room service, private club memberships and a cinema

Fifty One, located in South Kensington, goes beyond a typical home and offers its lucky residents referrals to some of the most sought-after private members' clubs, including Annabel's.

Society

3 w. ago Catastrophe! Heroism! Paranoia! The dangerous romance of survivalist stories

Authors have been imagining societal collapse for decades – but could the reality be as dreadful as they think?The man who claimed to have coined the word “survivalist” called himself Kurt Saxon. The sinister godfather of survivalism was actually born Donald Eugene Sisco, a former journalist who spent the 1960s floating between far-right groups in California before deciding that none of them were serious enough. Sisco’s passion for making his own bombs, which he advocated using on student demonstrators, cost him the fingers of his left hand. He liked to say that he was the reincarnation of a soul whose previous lives included a Roman legionary, a Nazi stormtrooper and the revolutionary philosopher Thomas Paine.Survivalism, or prepping, is experiencing a boom, from Silicon Valley billionaires to users of the Reddit board r/collapse. Elon Musk’s entire career, for example, has been partly driven by apocalypse anxieties and his conviction that he alone can save the human race (details ...

Events

3 w. ago Good Morning Britain presenter left feeling ‘ashamed’ after losing savings to phone scammers

Noel Phillips said that the mental trauma of the incident had left him in ‘excruciating pain’

Politics

3 w. ago Good Morning Britain star in 'excruciating pain' as he's scammed out of life savings as 'job axed' in ITV cuts

The ITV show's US correspondent Noel Phillips has opened up about being scammed by his entire life savings

Politics